Saudi Arabia and a new concept in protesting; Facebook hunger strike!!! Wow!

The government studiously ignored a two-day hunger strike staged last week by Saudi human rights activists, but organizers said they were pleased with the participation and media attention that their protest drew.

"They ignored us," hunger striker Fowzan Mohsin Al Harbi said of the authorities. "But we achieved our goal, the hunger strike was all over the world in the media."

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The group publicized its plans on Facebook.com, where almost 60 people added their names to the initial 13 protesters, publicly committing to join the hunger strike.

The Facebook discussion group also drew more than 800 comments in English and Arabic. More...

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